Petr Kováč is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Patria Corporate Finance and Executive Director of Patria Finance. He is responsible for leading transactions globally and for services development in the field of M&A, ECM and financial advisory. He joined Patria in 1995 and became the driving force in the development of the firm’s corporate finance business. Petr participated in the realization of more than 90 transactions and projects for domestic and foreign clients including projects for OKD, KBC, Agrofert Holding, Torecid, Baťa, Czech Government, Ministry of Transport, Czech Telecom (now Telefónica O2), Metrostav, Vinci or Czech Railways.
Petr led, amongst others, the land marking transactions in the constructing sector in the Czech Republic – the acquisition of IPS by Skanska and the divestiture of ŽPSV Uherský Ostroh/ŽS Brno to Obrascón Huarte Lain, S.A. Other projects of his include bond issues for Vetropack Moravia Glass and Delvita (Delhaize) and general advisory services to Průmstav, Tradisa, CD Cargo, Aéroports de Paris, Grall, Viamont and the SEPAP Štětí (now Mondi Packaging). Most recently, he has been assisting NWR (OKD) in raising €1,6 billion via largest IPO on the London Stock Exchange, the Prague Stock Exchange and the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2008.
Petr Kováč supervise the corporate finance activities of Patria Finance Slovakia and is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Slovak subsidiary.
Prior to joining Patria Petr was a deputy CFO at Metrostav, and prior to that he had worked in SSŽ (Vinci).
He holds a Masters degree from Prague Technical University. He is a graduate of CEU‘s Corporate Governance Program in cooperation with the Center for International Private Enterprise, Fordham University, New York.